Belgium Must Be Hopeless if Politicians from Brussels Are Criticizing Germany for Being too Capitalistic

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Europe, Minimum Wage

I’m not a big fan of the German government. Angela Merkel has a disturbing desire to impose fiscal and political union on the European continent. And even the supposedly free market Free Democratic Party seems perfectly comfortable with a gradual descent into statism....

Is Secession a Good Idea?

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 17, 2012 | Blogs, Europe

I’m not talking about secession in the United States, where the issue is linked to the ugliness of slavery (though at least Walter Williams can write about the issue without the risk of being accused of closet racism). But what about Europe? I have a hard time...

Labour Supply and Marginal Tax Rates: A case study of Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States of America

by CF&P | Sep 27, 2007 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications

November 2007, Vol. VII, Issue VI Labour Supply and Marginal Tax Rates: A case study of Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States of America By A.J. de Bruin Note: Because of the size of this report, it is only available in its...